Appointment Type: Permanent-Exempt: serves at the pleasure of the appointing officer and for a period of one year. A second year may be possible contingent upon City budget conditions and demonstrated competence and professionalism in the first year of employment.

Salary: $16.5500 per hour

Program Background: The mission of the City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment (SF Environment) is to improve, enhance, and preserve the environment, and to promote San Francisco's long-term environmental well-being. SF Environment includes Recycling, Toxics Reduction and Integrated Pest Management, Environmental Justice, Clean Air Transportation, Climate Change, Energy, Green Building, Urban Forest and Public Information Programs. The Recycling Program promotes and coordinates source reduction, reuse, recycling and composting to achieve San Francisco's zero waste goal.

Position Description: The Associate will assist the Residential and Special Project Recycling Coordinator and the Assistant Coordinator in performing professional level work implementing the Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance in the multi-family, and single family residential sectors. The Residential and Special Projects Recycling Associate will report directly to the Residential and Special Projects Recycling Assistant Coordinator.

Responsibilities include:

• Implementing, coordinating, monitoring and improving waste prevention and zero waste programs in the residential sector;
• Working with recycling service providers, apartment buildings, nonprofits and community groups;
• Presenting information to the public, and responding to inquiries and complaints from the public;
• Conducting on-site waste assessments of apartments to assist property managers in implementing composting, increasing recycling and reducing landfill;
• Train and monitor event producers and venues to be compliant with the Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance;
• Developing and disseminating program outreach including maintaining web information and material directories;
• Administrative support for the Zero Waste Grant Program;
• Researching, analyzing, preparing reports, and responding to surveys and other requests;
• Studying, monitoring and assisting with policy initiatives; and
• Providing administrative support and performing other tasks as requested or required by the program

Department of the Environment,
City and County of San Francisco
11 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: (415) 355-3700
Fax: (415) 554-6393
Email: environment@sfgov.org
www.sfenvironment.org